Leidos Supply Limited published a pipeline notice for a future tender to supply packaging and soft consumables under the UK Ministry of Defence logistics contract, with an estimated value of £73,000,000 excluding VAT over February 2026 to February 2030.

UK Research and Innovation awarded a below-threshold contract to Protective Packaging Ltd to supply foil packaging, worth £19,781.34 excluding VAT, with delivery from 1 to 16 May 2025.

Framatome signed a contract with Sizewell C to procure, qualify and pre-assemble over 8,000 conventional field instrumentation systems for the two EPR units in Suffolk, and also a contract for Ultimate Diesel Generators.

Engelmann & Buckham was selected to supply packaging lines, including filling and labeling systems, for Yara International's new production facility in Yorkshire, UK. The plant is slated to begin operations in early 2026.

DS Smith has renewed its packaging partnership with Jaguar Land Rover, covering manufacture, storage and delivery of packaging for JLR's products worldwide from the Mercia Park site in Leicestershire, valued at £108 million. The extension was made official at the beginning of April 2025.

DS Smith signed a £108 million, five-year contract to extend its fibre-based packaging supply to Jaguar Land Rover, including a just-in-time on-site service at JLR's Mercia Park plant in Appleby Magna, UK.

Coral Products subsidiary Tatra Rotalac signed an exclusive three-year supply agreement with a UK distributor of BRC packaging containers to supply ice cream and food containers, worth up to £6m.

DS Smith extended its five-year fibre-based packaging contract with Jaguar Land Rover worth £108 million, including an on-site one-stop-shop at JLR's Mercia Park facility in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire.

DS Smith has extended its five-year, GBP 108 million contract to supply fibre-based packaging, warehousing and transport services to JLR's Mercia campus in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire.

Northern Gas Networks published a modification notice for its axial control valves supply, moving to a UK alternative source, Goodwin, to secure shorter lead times and a second supplier. The contract value is not stated.

Dunstable-based Twinplast won a contract to design and manufacture custom corrugated polypropylene shipping containers for a UK Buckfast bee supplier and breeder. The containers are designed for safe transport of live bees.

Murphy has been appointed by National Gas to deliver the EPC project for three low-emission compressor units at the St Fergus Gas Terminal in Scotland. The project supports compliance with MCPD emissions rules and is delivered with engineering partner Worley.

National Gas Transmission awarded a contract for design and build of new gas-compression installations at its ST Fergus Terminal site, to meet Medium Combustion Plant Directive compliance by 2030. The contract notice was published on 23 January 2025.

Baker Hughes won an order from Saipem to supply three electric-driven CO2 centrifugal compressor trains and a Lufkin Gears gearbox for Eni's Liverpool Bay carbon capture and storage project. The compressors will be installed at Saipem's converted facility at Point of Ayr in north Wales.

ESPO published a contract award notice for its packaging materials and pallet supply framework, with Lot 1 awarded to three suppliers. The notice confirms the awards made in the same procurement.

ESPO, a UK central purchasing body, appointed four suppliers to a packaging materials and pallet supply and collection framework worth £2,000,000, with a contract period from November 2024 to August 2026.

UK aluminium foil tray maker i2r Packaging Solutions has secured an exclusive sole supply agreement to supply Greencore with smoothwall aluminium products and wrinklewall containers, expanding an existing relationship.

2M Group of Companies signed a multi-year commercial supply agreement with Transcend Packaging to deploy Xampla's plastic-free Morro coating on paperboard packaging across the UK, manufactured at 2M's Milton Keynes facility, announced 5 December 2024.

National Gas Transmission has awarded a contract for design and build of new gas-compression installations at its Wormington Compressor Station, to meet medium combustion plant rules by 2030. The contractor and value are not named in the notice.

Leidos Supply issued a prior information notice for a framework supplying packaging and soft consumables to the UK Ministry of Defence, estimated at £29 million to £73 million over up to four years from 2026. The notice is for market research only and is not a formal tender.

Biffa has been awarded a £3 million three-year contract to collect and manage about 15,000 tonnes of waste from DS Smith sites across the UK, with zero waste sent to landfill.

Northern Ireland Water published a contract award for framework IF030 covering supply, installation and maintenance of compressors, blowers and diffusers across three lots. The framework ceiling is £15,500,000 over up to seven years including extensions.

BEL Valves has designed, manufactured and installed 55 high integrity valves on the central processing facility of the ETAP project in the Central North Sea for a subsea tieback to a world-leading energy supplier.

EnerMech won a multi-million-pound minimum five-year contract to manage flexible hose assembly and small bore tubing services for a major E&P operator's UK offshore assets. The operator is not named.

Inox India won its first liquid air energy storage order from Highview Power, to supply five 690 kl cryogenic tanks for the Carrington facility in Manchester, UK.

Northern Gas Networks awarded a contract to UK supplier Goodwin for axial control valves, replacing its historical single source for urgent replacement needs.

Peak Packaging UK signed a supply agreement to provide bag-in-box packaging to Britvic Soft Drinks for its Leeds filling site, starting in 2025.

United Utilities Water awarded the PRO004595 framework contract for pressure management valves and associated spare parts to three suppliers, published 30 October 2024. The valves support new investment and replacement of existing pressure management valves.

Shawton Energy is installing a fully funded rooftop solar system with 1,042 panels on Duo UK's 44,000 sq ft warehouse in Manchester, expected to generate 504,070 kWh annually.

2M Group of Companies has signed a multi-year commercial supply agreement with Transcend Packaging to supply its plastic-free Morro Coating for paper board packaging across the UK. The coating will be manufactured at scale at 2M's Milton Keynes facility under its Sustainable Packaging Technologies venture.

2M Group of Companies signed a multi-year commercial supply agreement with Transcend Packaging to supply Xampla's plastic-free Morro Coating across the UK. The coating will be manufactured at scale at 2M's Milton Keynes facility under its Sustainable Packaging Technologies venture.

Cheshire firm Packaging One signed a contract worth about $2.5 million (£1.98 million) with a global phone and tech manufacturer to supply its MediaWrap protective cardboard packaging. The deal, signed in September 2024, led the firm to add 40 staff and take US warehouse capacity.

Packaging maker Coveris has completed a physical power purchase agreement with CE Rigmuir, sourcing wind power from a 13.5 MW project in East Kilbride, Scotland, to cover its 18 UK sites from 1 September 2024.

UK Research and Innovation awarded Rotork UK Ltd a competitive contract for electric valve actuators for STFC RAL in Oxfordshire, with a stated value of 36,717.4 (currency not specified), work running from July to September 2024.

Austin Hayes Ltd was awarded a £98,000,000 (excl. VAT) Ministry of Defence contract for procurement and refurbishment of munitions packaging and related services, with four one-year extension options. The notice was published on 5 July 2024.

On June 19, 2024 the 2M Group of Companies signed its first commercial agreement to exclusively supply Xampla's plastic-free Morro Coating to Huhtamaki for corrugate board foodservice containers, in a multi-year deal deployed at scale in on-the-go applications.

Post Office Limited awarded Kite Packaging Limited a contract to supply strapping consumables for note strapping machines and stretch wrap film for its National Distribution Centre, with a published value of £50,000.

Yorkshire Packaging Systems supplied a Mimi Uniblock 1123 sleeve wrapper that doubled packing capacity at a large UK corrugated board plant, and five more machines were later bought for the group's other UK sites.

Corrugated packaging maker Jardin Corrugated Cases reappointed Bretts Transport as its sole carrier, with Bretts deploying dedicated vehicles to serve its Sutton, Ely site. The partnership started on January 1, 2024.

SSO Logistics has secured a three-year contract extension with packaging firm Venturepak, providing warehousing at its Haydock site and transport services through the Pallet-Track network.

Framatome signed contracts worth multi-billion euros with Sizewell C Ltd for its role in the Sizewell C nuclear new build in Suffolk, covering reactor heat production systems, I&C systems, fuel supply and maintenance services.

Corrugated packaging maker Jardin Corrugated Cases reappointed Bretts Transport as its sole carrier, starting January 1 2024, after about five and a half years with another haulier. Bretts dedicated a rigid vehicle, four tractor units and ten trailers to the contract from Jardin's Sutton, Ely facility.

UK government agency FCDO Services awarded a single-supplier contract to The Alternative Pallet Company for recyclable cardboard pallets, crates and packaging elements. The contract is worth £250,000 and runs for 35 months from November 2023.

Princes signed a partnership with Capri-Sun Group to produce over 250 million juice pouches a year at its Bradford, UK site. Four production lines are moving from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, with production starting autumn 2024 and about 50-60 new jobs.

Framatome officially announced a contract with EDF for the nuclear boilers for the Sizewell site in the UK, reportedly worth €4 billion and including control systems. The announcement was made in the weeks before the article date.

Princes will take over four production lines from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and relocate them to its Bradford site to co-pack Capri-Sun juice pouches. Production starts in autumn 2024 with full capacity by spring 2025 and about 50-60 new jobs are expected.

NZT Power and the Northern Endurance Partnership awarded engineering, procurement and construction contracts worth about £4 billion across eight packages to nine firms for the Teesside East Coast Cluster carbon capture project, subject to final investment decisions planned for September 2024.

UK bioplastic firm Kelpi won a contract with fresh fruit company Blue Skies, backed by Waitrose, to develop seaweed-based packaging for fresh-cut fruit, starting with a prototype and a pilot next year in an 18-month project.

US company Emerson signed a record £16m, two-year supply contract with spring manufacturer Hanson Springs in Rochdale, UK, on or around March 12, 2024. The deal is expected to grow Hanson's turnover to £33.5m in 2024.

Earthshot Prize winner Notpla signed a contract to supply an expected 75 million seaweed-based food packaging items to caterer Levy over three years for use in more than 50 UK sports venues.